[countable] a person who starts an organization, a company, etc.（组织、机构等的）创办者，创始人，发起者◆He is the group's founder and chief executive.他是这个集团的创始人及总裁。◆a founder shareholder (= who invests money in shares to help start a company) 创始股东（以股票投资的形式帮助创办公司）